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п»їCowboys Top 60 Greatest Players, Part II: Novacek To Coakley.
For the next 12 days, we will present the Top 60 in groups of five, leading up to Nos. 1-5 on Sept. 12.
If you feel we've done a guy wrong (or right!) let us know on Twitter @PostinsPostcard and we'll barroom-brawl over it!
So, now we present Nos. 51-55. Note the criteria for selection at the bottom of the article. And if you missed any of our other pieces, check them out below.
55. TE Jay Novacek.
Rescued from purgatory (also known as the Cardinals) through Plan B free agency, Novacek played seven years for the Cowboys, catching 339 passes for 3,576 yards and 49 touchdowns. He was more than just Troy Aikman’s security blanket.
He was also a talented blocker who made gritty third-down catches on a regular basis. Novacek made five Pro Bowls, earned one All-Pro nod and won three Super Bowl rings in four seasons. He is third all-time in receptions among Cowboys tight ends.
54. Herb Scott.
Part of the famed ‘Dirty Dozen’ draft of 1975 (he was a 13th-round selection) it took Scott a year to become a starter and his rise allowed the Cowboys to trade a player you’ll meet later in this Top 60. Scott was a starter for nearly a decade in the late 1970s and early 1980s, making three Pro Bowls, earning two All-Pro selections and winning a Super Bowl ring with the Cowboys. In an odd twist, Scott caught Roger Staubach’s final professional pass.
53. LB Dexter Coakley.
A transitional player from the 1990s dynasty years to the Bill Parcells era, Coakley earned a starting job immediately upon joining the team in 1997 and finished his Cowboys career with 1,046 tackles in eight seasons, earning three Pro Bowl selections and inclusion on the 1997 All-Rookie team. He had the misfortune of playing on Cowboys teams that just weren’t very good, but his play would have been a great fit with those 1990s Cowboys teams in their prime.
52. OL Flozell Adams.
“The Hotel” played a decade for the Cowboys, nearing five Pro Bowl nods and one All-Pro selection (second team). Adams joined the Cowboys in 1998 when the offensive line was in transition and became an immediate starter. Adams wasn’t elite, but reliable and played tackle for most of his career. Only a handful of Cowboys offensive linemen have more Pro Bowl selections than Adams.
51. WR Frank Clarke.
Clarke came to the Cowboys in 1960 after three years with Cleveland. During eight seasons in Dallas he became its first true deep threat, completing his Cowboys career with 5,214 receiving yards and 281 receptions. He’s one of six Cowboys with at least 50 career touchdown receptions. He led the NFL in touchdown receptions in 1962 with 14 and earned an All-Pro nod in 1964. Clarke’s 14 touchdown receptions stood as the franchise’s single-season record until Terrell Owens broke it in 2007.
Tomorrow: Nos. 46-50.
Top 60 criteria:
Player honors — Pro Football Hall of Fame, Cowboys Ring of Honor, All-Pro selections, Pro Bowl selections, MVP awards, etc… That has to be a big part of the process.
Team success — Pro football is a team game, and as such every player on the list played a part in a successful era in Cowboys history (though success is, to some degree, in the eyes of the beholder).
Time with Cowboys — This is important. As part of this process I only took into account a player’s time WITH the Cowboys. There have been some great players that have come through Dallas, but some of them only spent a few years with the team. Depending upon how successful they and the team were during their time, that influenced whether they made the list or not. That also includes their impact and role in that success, whether there are statistics associated with that or not.
Feedback from experts — Throughout the process I consulted with two writers that have been around the Cowboys since the 1990s — Mike Fisher and Richie Whitt. Their feedback, along with the bios that I wrote on each player, played a role in where players were ranked.


Jay Novacek.
Jay McKinley Novacek (born October 24, 1962) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who played for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1985–1989) and the Dallas Cowboys (1990–1995). Novacek was a five-time Pro Bowler, who was selected to play each year from 1991 through 1995. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
Contents.
1 Early life 2 College career 3 Professional career 3.1 Arizona Cardinals 3.2 Dallas Cowboys 4 Post-NFL Career 5 References 6 External links.
Early life [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek played high school football in Gothenburg, Nebraska, where he was an all-state quarterback. In 1980 he set the state record in the pole vault with 15-1. He won the state championship in the hurdles. He was also an all-state basketball player.
In 1996 he was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.
College career [ edit | edit source ]
He started his college career playing at split end and eventually moved to tight end.
In 1984 he was selected to the Kodak All-American football team and to the Western Athletic Conference first team, after setting a NCAA record for receiving yards per receptions (22.6) by a tight end. He finished with 83 career receptions for 1,536 yards and ten touchdowns, while playing in head coach Al Kincaid's wishbone offense.
Novacek also competed in track and field for the University of Wyoming. He won the Western Athletic Conference decathlon championship, earning All-American honors. He also set UW records for decathlon points (7,615), and in the pole vault jump (16'4"). [1]
He is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Wyoming.
In 1993 he was inducted into the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Professional career [ edit | edit source ]
Arizona Cardinals [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek was drafted in the sixth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Saint Louis Cardinals, where he played for five seasons. During his time with the team he saw little action, his best season came in 1988 when he caught 38 passes for 569 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Dallas Cowboys [ edit | edit source ]
After spending five seasons with the Cardinals, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a Plan B free agent, arguably the best signing in the history of this program. [2]
He was a key contributor for the Cowboys offense in the early 1990s, especially on third downs. Starting in 1991, he played in five straight Pro Bowls, while helping the Cowboys make the playoffs each year and winning the Super Bowl three times in four seasons.
Novacek's last game was Super Bowl XXX in January, 1996. He officially retired from the NFL on July 15, 1997 after a lingering back injury cut short his career. In his 11 seasons, Novacek recorded 422 receptions for 4,630 yards and 30 touchdowns.
Post-NFL Career [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek currently serves as spokesperson for the Alltel Wireless "Yards 4 Youth Football" program in West Texas. For every yard gained by 11 high school football teams in the region, Alltel will donate $1 to each school’s corresponding youth football organization. Each week, an additional $500 will be donated to youth football programs across West Texas on behalf of the "Yards 4 Youth Football Player of the Week" and "Team of the Week."
Jay is in his second year as spokesperson for the National Dairy Council's NFL Nationwide School Program Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign through Agent, PPI Marketing, Dallas TX.
Novacek was commemorated for his 2008 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, at half-time of the Wyoming Cowboys game, on 9/13/08.
Novacek conducts a youth football camp at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas, every summer.
Jay appeared as a coach on the Spike TV reality series 4th and Long, as an instructor, in 2009.
On February 1, 2010, Novacek's wife, LeAnne, was found dead in her mother's home in Burleson, Texas, in an apparent suicide. Police say she evidently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [3] He remarried to Amy (nГ©e) Bradley of Burleson.


Jay Novacek Bio: Family, Career, Net Worth & Hall of Fame.
Currently enjoying his post-football life, Jay Novacek is one of the top football tight end contenders in the National Football League (NHL). To date, he has only featured for St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys; however, he has achieved quite a feat in the tenure.
To illustrate, the athlete has bagged three Super Bowl rings in four seasons, five Pro Bowls, and has earned one All-Pro nod. Moreover, Novacek was popularized for his immense receiving skills; he also claimed the Western Athletic Conference’s decathlon championship.
Jay Novacek.
Prior to further in-depth corners of his life, let us run through a quick dose of general get-to-go facts about the athlete.
Quick Facts.
Body Measurements.
Likewise, every single athlete, Jay Novacek, is fit and athletic with a toned body. Despite the fact that a detailed table of his measurements isn’t made, he is a man towering at 6 ft 4 inches (1.93 m).
Altogether, he maintains his weight at 234 lb (106 kg). As for his appearance, he has fair skin with blue-toned eyes and dark brownish hair.
Jay Novacek | Early Life.
Novacek (fully named Jay McKinley Novacek) was born on October 24, 1962, under Scorpio’s sun sign. Jay is one of the three sons of June Novacek and Pat Novacek. To illustrate, his other brother’s names are Jason “Bump” Novacek and Jim Novacek.
Education and Amateur Career.
As Novacek was born in Martin, South Dakota, he had no trouble growing up or facing any hurdles during his childhood. Altogether, his childhood went on happily, and later, he attended the Gothenburg High School in Central Nebraska.
Novacek has ever been athletic and has always been in the field of sports. He played football as a quarterback during his high school tenure, even tried pole vault and basketball.
Jay for the University of Wyoming.
After graduating from high school, Novacek enrolled at the University of Wyoming in Laramie with a scholarship. Thus, he commenced his college career in football first as the split end and moved to play as the tight end under head coach Al Kincaid’s supervision.
Apart from football, Novacek also featured in the track and field for the Cowboys.
Amateur Achievements.
As a high schooler, Jay Novacek’s foremost achievement was the state titles for the pole vault’s events and hurdles. Furthermore, he also bagged the All-state football and basketball player as he was inducted to the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
Most importantly, his jersey number retired from high school alongside Novacek. As we move onto his college highlights, Novacek had recorded an NCAA single-season record for average per reception (22.6 yards) by a tight end.
Similarly, his statistics stood at 33 receptions for 745 yards, 4 touchdowns, the All-American football team, and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) first team. For his track and field record, Novacek gained All-American honors, where he was fourth in the NCAA Championship.
Altogether, he had claimed the WAC decathlon championship and posted 7,615 as the school’s decathlon record. Not to mention, he featured in the 1984 Olympic trials as a decathlete. Furthermore, his college career record is 83 receptions for 1,536 yards and 10 touchdowns.
By the end of the college, Novacek was inducted into the 1993 inaugural class of the University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame. Following it, he was also the 2008 College Football Hall of Fame. Way later, in 2014, he again appeared in the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Jay Novacek | Professional Career.
Novacek has a stellar career in his amateur days, and as he moved for the big games, he still managed to put himself at the top. However, what’s saddening is, his career was cut short due to the numerous incidents, injuries, and accidents of his life.
St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals.
Jay Novacek first entered the 1985 NFL Draft, where St. Louis Cardinals signed him in the sixth round as the 158th overall pick. Alongside the Cardinals, the Houston Gamblers signed Novacek for the United States Football League (USFL).
Starred as the 69th overall pick in the fifth round, he was first assigned as a wide receiver. Altogether, his rookie years had a rough start as he faced many injuries right in the beginning.
After he was moved to the tight end position, Novacek was on the injured list on October 25, 1987. It was during the match against the New York Giants where he broke his elbow. Following it, he stood on the list again on November 2.
Novacek during gameplay.
Before the start of the 1988 season, the Cardinals moved to be the Phoenix, and by then, Novacek’s stats stood with 20 receptions for 254 yards and 3 touchdowns. Afterward, he commenced his gameplay with 569 receiving yards and 4 receiving touchdowns.
However, that record later stumbled to 23 receptions for 225 yards and one touchdown. Like one after another, tragedy struck Novacek when the team’s coach was changed, and Joe Bugel entered.
The team was then reformed where he wanted the tight end to be a blocker or an H-Type. However, he didn’t see Novacek as the perfect candidate and was thus, kicked out of the team in 1990.
Dallas Cowboys.
After it, the Dallas Cowboys quickly reacted as they took in Jay Novacek and Rob Awalt. As Novacek was signed as the Plan B Free agency, he was posted as the team’s started tight end, where he posted 59 receptions for 657 yards and 4 touchdowns right in the start.
All in all, Novacek became the league’s top receiving tight ends, widely known as the key contributor for the offense in the early nineties. Following it, Novacek took the Cowboys to five straight ProBowl and three Super Bowl.
Altogether, Novacek was was named an All-Pro in 1992 as he had 68 receptions for 630 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. After posting his career-high 705 receiving yards, Novacek had to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.
Jay for Dallas Cowboys.
Apparently, he missed a few times in the games due to his surgery. However, near the recovery, he now struggled with the degenerative disc in his back and was only put on the injured reserve list on January 3, 1997.
Overall, he stood to return to the NFL on July 15, 1997, but only had to retire due to his chronic lower-back problems. All in all, Jay Novacek dedicated 11 seasons in the NFL, where he posted 422 receptions for 4,630 yards and 30 touchdowns.
Jay Novacek | Achievements.
All-Western Athletic Conference (1984) Honorable-mention All-American (1984) 5× Pro Bowl (1991–1995) First-team All-Pro (1992) Second-team All-Pro (1991) 3× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII & XXX)
Net Worth.
As of today’s date, Jay Novacek is expected to earn $5 million approximately. Back in the days, Novacek first earned a salary from the NFL was $60,000 with a $35,000 signing bonus.


Jay Novacek.
Jay McKinley Novacek (born October 24, 1962) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League who played for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1985–1989) and the Dallas Cowboys (1990–1995). Novacek was a five-time Pro Bowler, who was selected to play each year from 1991 through 1995. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
Contents.
1 Early life 2 College career 3 Professional career 3.1 Arizona Cardinals 3.2 Dallas Cowboys 4 Post-NFL Career 5 References 6 External links.
Early life [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek played high school football in Gothenburg, Nebraska, where he was an all-state quarterback. In 1980 he set the state record in the pole vault with 15-1. He won the state championship in the hurdles. He was also an all-state basketball player.
In 1996 he was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.
College career [ edit | edit source ]
He started his college career playing at split end and eventually moved to tight end.
In 1984 he was selected to the Kodak All-American football team and to the Western Athletic Conference first team, after setting a NCAA record for receiving yards per receptions (22.6) by a tight end. He finished with 83 career receptions for 1,536 yards and ten touchdowns, while playing in head coach Al Kincaid's wishbone offense.
Novacek also competed in track and field for the University of Wyoming. He won the Western Athletic Conference decathlon championship, earning All-American honors. He also set UW records for decathlon points (7,615), and in the pole vault jump (16'4"). [1]
He is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Wyoming.
In 1993 he was inducted into the University of Wyoming Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Professional career [ edit | edit source ]
Arizona Cardinals [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek was drafted in the sixth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Saint Louis Cardinals, where he played for five seasons. During his time with the team he saw little action, his best season came in 1988 when he caught 38 passes for 569 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Dallas Cowboys [ edit | edit source ]
After spending five seasons with the Cardinals, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a Plan B free agent, arguably the best signing in the history of this program. [2]
He was a key contributor for the Cowboys offense in the early 1990s, especially on third downs. Starting in 1991, he played in five straight Pro Bowls, while helping the Cowboys make the playoffs each year and winning the Super Bowl three times in four seasons.
Novacek's last game was Super Bowl XXX in January, 1996. He officially retired from the NFL on July 15, 1997 after a lingering back injury cut short his career. In his 11 seasons, Novacek recorded 422 receptions for 4,630 yards and 30 touchdowns.
Post-NFL Career [ edit | edit source ]
Novacek currently serves as spokesperson for the Alltel Wireless "Yards 4 Youth Football" program in West Texas. For every yard gained by 11 high school football teams in the region, Alltel will donate $1 to each school’s corresponding youth football organization. Each week, an additional $500 will be donated to youth football programs across West Texas on behalf of the "Yards 4 Youth Football Player of the Week" and "Team of the Week."
Jay is in his second year as spokesperson for the National Dairy Council's NFL Nationwide School Program Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign through Agent, PPI Marketing, Dallas TX.
Novacek was commemorated for his 2008 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, at half-time of the Wyoming Cowboys game, on 9/13/08.
Novacek conducts a youth football camp at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas, every summer.
Jay appeared as a coach on the Spike TV reality series 4th and Long, as an instructor, in 2009.
On February 1, 2010, Novacek's wife, LeAnne, was found dead in her mother's home in Burleson, Texas, in an apparent suicide. Police say she evidently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [3] He remarried to Amy (nГ©e) Bradley of Burleson.


Cowboys Top 60 Greatest Players, Part II: Novacek To Coakley.
For the next 12 days, we will present the Top 60 in groups of five, leading up to Nos. 1-5 on Sept. 12.
If you feel we've done a guy wrong (or right!) let us know on Twitter @PostinsPostcard and we'll barroom-brawl over it!
So, now we present Nos. 51-55. Note the criteria for selection at the bottom of the article. And if you missed any of our other pieces, check them out below.
55. TE Jay Novacek.
Rescued from purgatory (also known as the Cardinals) through Plan B free agency, Novacek played seven years for the Cowboys, catching 339 passes for 3,576 yards and 49 touchdowns. He was more than just Troy Aikman’s security blanket.
He was also a talented blocker who made gritty third-down catches on a regular basis. Novacek made five Pro Bowls, earned one All-Pro nod and won three Super Bowl rings in four seasons. He is third all-time in receptions among Cowboys tight ends.
54. Herb Scott.
Part of the famed ‘Dirty Dozen’ draft of 1975 (he was a 13th-round selection) it took Scott a year to become a starter and his rise allowed the Cowboys to trade a player you’ll meet later in this Top 60. Scott was a starter for nearly a decade in the late 1970s and early 1980s, making three Pro Bowls, earning two All-Pro selections and winning a Super Bowl ring with the Cowboys. In an odd twist, Scott caught Roger Staubach’s final professional pass.
53. LB Dexter Coakley.
A transitional player from the 1990s dynasty years to the Bill Parcells era, Coakley earned a starting job immediately upon joining the team in 1997 and finished his Cowboys career with 1,046 tackles in eight seasons, earning three Pro Bowl selections and inclusion on the 1997 All-Rookie team. He had the misfortune of playing on Cowboys teams that just weren’t very good, but his play would have been a great fit with those 1990s Cowboys teams in their prime.
52. OL Flozell Adams.
“The Hotel” played a decade for the Cowboys, nearing five Pro Bowl nods and one All-Pro selection (second team). Adams joined the Cowboys in 1998 when the offensive line was in transition and became an immediate starter. Adams wasn’t elite, but reliable and played tackle for most of his career. Only a handful of Cowboys offensive linemen have more Pro Bowl selections than Adams.
51. WR Frank Clarke.
Clarke came to the Cowboys in 1960 after three years with Cleveland. During eight seasons in Dallas he became its first true deep threat, completing his Cowboys career with 5,214 receiving yards and 281 receptions. He’s one of six Cowboys with at least 50 career touchdown receptions. He led the NFL in touchdown receptions in 1962 with 14 and earned an All-Pro nod in 1964. Clarke’s 14 touchdown receptions stood as the franchise’s single-season record until Terrell Owens broke it in 2007.
Tomorrow: Nos. 46-50.
Top 60 criteria:
Player honors — Pro Football Hall of Fame, Cowboys Ring of Honor, All-Pro selections, Pro Bowl selections, MVP awards, etc… That has to be a big part of the process.
Team success — Pro football is a team game, and as such every player on the list played a part in a successful era in Cowboys history (though success is, to some degree, in the eyes of the beholder).
Time with Cowboys — This is important. As part of this process I only took into account a player’s time WITH the Cowboys. There have been some great players that have come through Dallas, but some of them only spent a few years with the team. Depending upon how successful they and the team were during their time, that influenced whether they made the list or not. That also includes their impact and role in that success, whether there are statistics associated with that or not.
Feedback from experts — Throughout the process I consulted with two writers that have been around the Cowboys since the 1990s — Mike Fisher and Richie Whitt. Their feedback, along with the bios that I wrote on each player, played a role in where players were ranked.




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